Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast
By Inza Bakayoko
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast—A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year’s fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast’s main city, killing 61 people—many of them children and teenagers—and injuring more than 200, rescue workers said. Thousands had gathered at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan’s Plateau district to see the fireworks. It was only the [...]
